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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsGeorge Fred WILLIAMS
(1852-1932)
WILLIAMS, George Fred, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Dedham, Norfolk County,
Mass., July 10, 1852; attended private schools, and was graduated
from the Dedham High School in 1868 and from Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N.H., in 1872; studied at the Universities of Heidelberg
and Berlin; taught school in West Brewster, Mass., in 1872 and
1873; became a reporter on the Boston Globe; member of the Dedham
school committee; studied law at Boston University, Boston, Mass.;
was admitted to the bar in 1875 and practiced in Boston; edited
Williams’ Citations of Massachusetts Cases in 1878 and
volumes 10 to 17 of the Annual Digest of the United States
1880-1887; member of the State house of representatives in 1890;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4,
1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892
to the Fifty-third Congress; was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee
for Governor in 1895, 1896, and 1897; resumed the practice of law
in Boston, Mass.; delegate to several State conventions; delegate
to the Democratic National Conventions in 1896, 1900, 1904 and
1908; Minister to Greece and Montenegro in 1913 and 1914; resumed
the practice of law until his retirement in 1930; died in
Brookline, near Boston, Mass., July 11, 1932; interment in the Old
Village Cemetery, Dedham, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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